Automated detection of the bright band using WSR-88D data

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-599

  Gourley, Jonathan J ^a,b   Calvert, Chris M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; RADAR; RAIN; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE RAINFALL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BACKSCATTER; DOPPLER RADAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER STATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141705686     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0585:ADOTBB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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